UNDER MY THUMB..

Another gloomy day, huh?

I caught up on GOSSIP GIRL last night. Doesnt it make you nervous when people call it GOSSIP GIRLS? Theres no S in the title y'all. Anyway, Im getting a little sick of the put a headband on anyone with a set of boobs on the shows head. Overkill like whoa if ya ask me.. We get it, you guys like headbands, every 15 year old and their mother will be searching for the perfect one- can you just lay it to rest already?? Haha. I love this show. Love CHUCK BASS. Im always impressed when a british actor can act and speak with no accent. In real life he has a heavy accent, how the heck does he mask it like that? Then -- we have our american actors that stink at accents when they take on a foreign role. STRANGE.

Yesterday I scored the sweetest parking spot in front of my school- completely unheard of!! Felt amazing to save $40 on a parking lot.

The other night I went with A to go see KEVIN DEVINE at JOES PUB. Sadly, it was sold out. We tried to finagle with the guy at the front door. By the time he let us in though, KD was on his last 2 songs. So sad. He was playing with RACHEL YAMAGATA. Her stuff is not my cup of tea at all. Very GREYS ANATOMY-ish for 40 somethings. Her voice is actually really pretty but she had way too many people on stage with her. Including 3 men humming and nagging noises into the Mic making those weird faces. It was really hard to take them seriously and not laugh in their faces. Im so immature sometimes. KD stayed on stage with her, so that was enough for me. (LESLIE LOO, I tried to fill you in but you dont have a "contact me" link or commenting option on your blog?!!) About 3 songs in A and I decided to leave. I looked at her and said "RACHEL YAMA- blah blah, lets bail", she said "more like RACHEL YAMA- see ya f*ckin lata" I thought that was genius.

Ended up seeing C out. Hadnt seen him in the longest time. Hes the cutest!

SO anyway, Im really obsessed with A A Bondy. I really think you should check out his music. I cant believe this album was under my radar for so long. AMERICAN HEART is such a beautiful song. PLEASE PLEASE listen to it. KEVIN DEVINES- JUST STAY is great too, for all you angsty people out there. Two completely different sounding tunes. I have the new TV ON THE RADIO- DEAR SCIENCE, so get ready for a review of that one, thanks El. The first track first few seconds has a RAMONES sound, with a twist of BLOC PARTY but that doesnt count because I havent fully listened to it in its entirety yet. I like what im hearing though.  Ive been listening to the new COLD WAR KIDS- LOYALTY TO LOYALTY too. Im liking it too. Ill write an appropriate post about that one when ive given it the time it deserves.

DONT STAND SO CLOSE TO ME..

Today during class I had this huge urge to blog. It was the strangest thing. We were talking about impulsive behavior and how it relates to a style of design, and suddenly, I had this impulse to blog. I couldnt remember the email addition thingy that I was supposed send it to and I was flipping out. How cool would it be if I posted my random minute to minute blog tid bits?


Anyway, I wanted to write that I have a weird crush on my teacher. The same teacher I complained about day one. Turns out hes actually pretty cool. Hes a strange guy. I find him so quirky and funny. Maybe it was because he walked into class today and the first thing he said was "Hello Rachel" I had no idea that he even knew my name. Hes so cute! Wait no, not like that kind of cute. Hes a lot older and he wears the same thing every week. He keeps a red bandana in his pocket to wipe his face with when he sweats. Sounds appetizing, no? He wears these navy pants that always has a stray red thread on the belt loop. Same one every week. It drives me insane bec I sit in front and I always want to just pull it off. Im starting to think that its actually sewn on.. Theres just no possible way that a stray piece of thread can stay in the same spot all the time. Anyway, he says the strangest things about our drawings. Dudes a classic. I couldnt stop laughing from him today. Maybe it was just because I was so overtired.
He always asks me what I think of my classmates drawings. So no, its not a real OMG I want him crush. Its more like a "I adore him" crush.

My eye is killing me. A strange hurting.. I hope im not going blind or anything. For some odd reason I feel like something bad is going to happen soon. Could this be it?

Our assignment for visual concepts was to draw our mechanical objects in 4 styles. Serene (aww, I miss you! totally thought of you when he said that one) Objectivity, Dramatic and Expressionism. My teacher says that my drawings are EXPRESSIONISTIC and that my sketch had passion in it. I think I just got a lil carried away with the shading. I tried to explain to him and the class that in life- Im either a SCAREDY CAT where im very controlled or I go "B*LLS DEEP". It was hard to convey that message without saying those words, I had to settle on saying that "I just went for it" not as potent, but whatever. I love how we all get into each others psyche during class critiquing. PS I stink at drawing. My sketches look like theyre straight out of a kindergarten class.

Im loving this song by ADELE called HOMETOWN GLORY. Its such a soulful song. She reminds me of AMY WINEHOUSE but less raspy and softer around the edges. Wow this song makes me want to cry. I think im a tad emo today. For good reason though. Im glad the day is over. Thank g its over....

EEEEEE..

What is it with people who love to add the eeee sound to peoples names, thinking that its cute and funny.
Ugh, it works with some names, but definitely not with mine..
One of my teachers in high school, well I should say, 2 of them, thought that they were being uber cool and chummy--used to call me Racheee. Ugh, I detested one of them because he was a major perv. But, I dunno, I never liked it.. It actually annoyed me. Eww, can you imagine.. Racheee.. Gross. Rach is another story.. I get that all the time and its fine.. Id probably respond sooner to that than my real name.

Hmm, maybe this post is boring.. I dont have much to say tonight. I could always complain about school, but I feel like thats boring and really, does anyone care that when I asked my teacher out loud today in class if the school offered any tutoring for BASIC DRAFTING, she bursted out hysterical laughing in my face in front of everyone. I looked at her blankly and said, "oh, no, Im serious" she apologized, snarfed back her laugh and said that she was sorry and that she didnt know.. but really, does anyone give a damn about that? I think not. Theres actually a really nice older australian dude in my class. I couldnt help but say "cheerio" to him today when I left class. Im also calamity jane in class, my "tools" are always falling all over the place.. But, honestly, who cares??

I feel like I missed someones birthday. I just cant figure out who it is.

Libra month is about to start, which means my birthday is coming up soon. So, send me presents and stuff. Blog comments, art, hate mail, songs written for me, ya know the usual.

Id also like.

1. A new ipod.
2. A mac book pro. Im over the whole white virgin first note book thing.
3. Anything with feathers, except for live birds- please.
4. Plane tickets somewhere south.
5. A new car.
6. Cool Guitar picks
7. Poems
8. Records, of course.
9. A bunch of cool blackberry skins for my 8830 minus the cheesy pink and neon yellow.
10. Puffy paint.
11. Photoshop.
12. Fly swatter.
13. Dinner with Conor Oberst.

Well thats a start.

xo

POST SCRIPT..

So I forgot to mention the kicker from last nights taxi ride from ecstasy .. When the woman pulled up in her minivan, I went to tug on the door to open it.. Wait, is it me or do those thing require rocket science to open them?? Anyhooser, she screamed, WAIT!! and she hit a button causing the door to open on its own like a ufo. It was seriously a classic.. I went to tug is shut and she started to pronounce the W and I immediately backed off.. Dr Spok sp? closed the door for me from her seat and gave out the craziest laugh.. It was then that I knew I was doomed as she sped off..

I also forgot to mention that out of nowhere, 2 minutes into the ride she rolled down her window and said in a baby voice, "what are you doin out soooo layte mijo?" I looked out the window confused to the world only to see her talking to a stray cat... Im in psychoville and this chica is the VP, I thought to myself.

Fast forward thru the rest below until we got to my house. I paid her and pointed my index finger at her, she winked and pressed her robo cop button to open the door for me. She assured me that she would wait til I got inside safely. I didnt know how to tell her that id feel safe once she was gone.. "goonigh beutifoool" she screamed. "Gnite darlin" I shouted back. Double locked the door behind me and finally exhaled.

Anyway-- tonight I saw BURN AFTER READING. It was pretty much hilarious. The COEN brothers rule. Their take on stuff is so bizarre and so up my alley. Are they married? Wait, are they ugly?? FRANCES MCDORMAND's facial expressions are enough to get me going. BRAD PITT was hysterical. His hair was retarded and GEORGE CLOONEY was ridic. Gosh, so good. I was laughing the whole time. Their timing is always so on point.. Oh and JOHN MALKOVICH is genius. OMG, every other word was F*CK, but the way he says the word and his lines is off the charts hysterical, I think hes gay- I would marry him though..

SOMETIMES I laugh really loud at the movies, SOMETIMES I dont.

Tonight I did..

Nite- I have class from hell tomorrow.

AND SHE WAS...

Could last night have been any more random. I THINK NOT...

Spent some much needed bonding time with NL. We talked about band names for a while. She confessed that 3/4 of her day is spent thinking of a name for her band. Pretty hilarious. We went to this weird place where you sit at a table with saloon doors closing it in. When you want to order something you press the service button and the waiter shows up to take your order. Kind of like your own private stable, if you will.

D met us- had some good convos. Went back to her house and played guitar and sang songs while D looked at us like we were retarded even though he toterly loved it.

I called a cab to drive me home and a lady showed up in a mini van. She was a big puerto rican woman in a crushed velvet evening gown. Day one of fall begins- I guess.. She was super energized and oddly happy. Suddenly she started shuffling her CD's, in her radio thingy. I found it funny that she had her cds loaded. This woman was a good 36 id say, prolly older. Next thing you know, she starts blasting SANTANAS- YOUVE GOT TO CHANGE YOUR EVIL WAYS and singing it really loud. Playing air drums and all. She picks up her phone and calls her son to remind him to wear his jersey for his game tomorrow. The song finally ends and she puts the song back on and screams "I need to play this song for someone" She then proceeded to sing it completely off tune into someones answering machine. At this point im hysterical laughing and texting D all about it. Suddenly, I looked up and she was batting her eyelashes at me and staring. The woman was flirting with me.

Heres the exchange...

ME- Holy hell, this cab driver is hitting on me- shes nuts- I just caught her staring at me.. Gd help me..

D- I knew she would actually lol.

I was completely perplexed- huh?? how would he even think of that?

ME- OMG shes beatboxing to SANTANA and cracking herself up

D- ask her what shes on and if you could have some..

Funny thing was, she didnt seem drunk, just certifiably insane. Only me, only me. I am convinced that I am living in my own private twilight zone most of the time.

C says that when he produces TV shows one day, hes going to give me one. I honestly do believe that cameras should follow me around for 2 days just to document the things that happen to me on a daily basis. Seriously people wouldnt believe their eyes. Or they just wouldnt care.. Whatever.

N kept talking about A A Bondy so I checked him out. Um yeah. Good stuff. Im kinda hooked on the song HOW WILL YOU MEET YOUR END. THERES A REASON is great too.. I think this man might have the newest sexiest voice. His lyrics are intimately blunt. Just straightforward honesty. So heartfelt and matter of fact at the same time. I always appreciate an artist that lets his music speak for itself without too much accompaniment. Sometimes too many instruments take can diminish and take away the actual beauty of a song. I actually like his whole album, AMERICAN HEARTS. His guitar playing is consistently pretty throughout and the harmonica addition is perfect. I love the sound of the harmonica.. Theres a noticeable religious presence in his music which I always find sweet as long as its done in moderation. I dont like preachy music- Im okay with the way he does it.

READ this great article about him from DAYTROTTER... Great writing, totally captures the essence.


Heres a little taste.. If you like FIONN REGAN, BOB DYLAN, RYAN ADAMS, TOM WAITS.. youll like. Oh and PS he opened for BON IVER one of my favorites..

Heres.. THERES A REASON

LITTLE ONES..

Today I got a lot done. Actually crossed more than 3 things off of my list. I did 3 returns. I HATE making returns. Ugh, so annoying, like, going to the tailor annoying. So I feel pretty awesome about finishing with them. It was so strange though- There were these little people everywhere today. On line at ZARA, all emaciated people under 5'4. Even the people working the registers were tiny. I thought to myself, "what is going on??" "am I in the twilight zone here?" I know, so random, but it was just so odd. Even the guy I bought my soda from on the street- (I never do that but I was dying of thirst) was little. I felt like the I was attack of the 50 ft woman today..Whats up with people shrinking?

Oh yeah, the soda guy was hitting on me in his broken english. It was sweet but yikes. Do you live here? Where were you born? Do you go to school here? (Enter him slicing the leg of lamb with his knife on the rotating wheel covered in sweat) EWWW!!

I really should be doing my drafting homework but Im just not because Im a moron. I wore my ROGAN missing chalupa t-shirt today- its so funny how many people try to read it nonchalantly when they walk by or are talking to me. Its hysterical. i guess thats what girls with huge boobs feel like ALL the time when people just stare at their chest, huh? Seriously though, my favorite tee. Its so old but so amaze! See for yourself.




KEVIN DEVINE is playing next week at JOES PUB. I Must GO. Wanna come? That place is so strange but ill brave it to see him. Last time I was there I went to see JOSHUA RADIN. I was absolutely in love with him. It was like 3 years ago. A and A went with me and watched me stare at him drooling while he crooned over his guitar. Afterwards we went to talk to him. He told us that he was sick with 103 fever. He also had the biggest booger in his nose. That ruined it for me. My crush was over. We still laugh about it today because I needed to chat with him and then once I saw that I bolted. Im so immature. Whatevs.

I miss you. You know who you are.

K going to do my homework, because Im in a good mood and that needs to change. Hahaha

ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER..

This past weekend was a an awesome one. It was great to see some friends I havent seen in a while and to meet some awesome new ones.. Got to hang with N- total amazingness!! It also made me realize how much I wish I got to see L more often. It was great to get away and just have time to do stuff without any pressure, well, close to no pressure.

SOMETIMES... I see people who look exactly like someone I know and make a scene when I run over to them only to find out that its not them.. SO horrifying.

SOMETIMES... too much planning can actually hurt a cause. No matter how perfect something seems, its never flawless. You can plan and plan, but in all honesty, planning doesnt always pan out.

SOMETIMES.. I wish that I could sit around for 3 or 4 good friends doing crafty stuff for days on end with zero interruption.

SOMETIMES... I rule at fooseball sometimes I blow it.

SOMETIMES.. My younger sister acts just like my mom and I feel like saying "okay mom"

SOMETIMES.. I feel like I should have a huge sign on top of my forehead that says "HUH?" just to let others know that im just as confused as they are..

SOMETIMES.. I feel so tired, I can hardly sleep.

BASICALLY FAILING...

Today was the longest day ever. I should've had a clue that it was going to be annoying after my breakfast went flying all over my car, 5 minutes into my hour long drive during rush hour. I dont eat breakfast but because it was such a long class I figured id force a little something down. I decided to bring a tupperware with a sliced banana and a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter, I know, im strange. Suddenly I had to slam on my breaks and the crap went flying ALL over my dress and the mats on the floor. SOO GROSS.. I hate breakfast. Never again. I smelled like a four year old the rest of the day.

Anyway-

I had Basic Drafting for the first time. My stomach was killing just thinking about it. I hate rulers, geometry, math and triangles. I was never good with that stuff and this class is all about that and then some. Oh and EVERYTHING is done in pencil. Im a lefty, therefore everything I draw gets smudged due to my hand rubbing right over the dumb paper. Oh, did I mention that the class is from 9-1:30?? Four and a half hours of feeling completely inadequate and dumb. Suddenly I felt like I was in Geometry class in HS with my protractor not knowing what to do other than decorate my loose leaf with a billion circles.

That pretty much put me in a super bummed out mood. Then the rest of my day was spent racing around the clock.

Have I mentioned that I really need a vacation?

J helped me decide on my objects for tomorrows class. Im bringing a coconut as my organic object and a key or padlock as my mechanical one. Not gonna lie I have a bag full of options but im leaning towards those.

Wow, this post blows, huh? Who even cares about my dumb classes?

Okay im zonked.. Nite.

HURRICANE..

Started blogging this yesterday and ended up finishing up today...

So, the TV keeps going in and out due to hurricane HANNAH and its really annoying bec it keeps losing the US OPEN signal. Why does NADAL pick his wedgie in between each point? Its gross. I think its time for him to switch to boxer briefs. His biceps are pretty amazing though. Whatever, ROGER FEDERER is our boy. Since we are talking about athletes, lets just give MICHAEL PHELPS his due credit for having the hottest bod in the world... its too bad his face is not soo much. Ouch, that was mean. Maybe he just needs to fix his teeth?

The new WALKMEN album is great its called YOU & ME. I love the song IN THE NEW YEAR. Not necessarily anything groundbreakingly new but still a great album. If youre a fan of PANDA BEAR, SONIC YOUTH, THE STROKES, ARCADE FIRE, INTERPOL. This album has a revival-ish feel to it, even down to the cover artwork. THE WALKMEN are just one of those bands that you need to know and have on your ipod if you really are a music lover. So get to it..

For class on Tues I need to bring an organic object and a mechanical object. I am stumped.

I need a vacation. A big one.

Watched this new show on HBO tonight caled TRUE BLOOD. Holy cow, its so not my type of show but I fell in love with it. Get on it now!! So cool, about vampires that like in a small town in the south. Hardly sci-fi-ish, trust me I hate crap like that. ANNA PAQUIN is the lead, shes realy groen up and stuff. I really liked it..

Aright- winding down now- have class super early in the manana..

nite!

POOPED..

Wow, I m wiped out. The last couple of days have been insane. Crazy work load. Had an annoying fake out in school yesterday. I saw I and was kinda stoked that we were in the same class. We bumped into each other in the elevator and walked into class together. As the cool non ancient teacher went around the room asking our names and referencing his roster, I thought to myself- "Thank heavens, I have a somewhat cool teacher" He got to me and as I said my name he looked confused. I dont see you on here but cool" as he took down my info. I started to fill out the index card with my name and cell number and some girl popped in saying that she was accidentally in the wrong class next door and that she belonged in the one I was in. Cut to me crying inside. MY class has the 60 year old teacher stuck in a time warp. My class had the smell of staleness. Two hrs later I ended up liking the retro dude. We shall see..

So yeah, Beverly Hills 9021NO! Terrible attempt at resurrecting a great show. Acting was awful. Heavy on the "QUESO" as in cheese in espanol.

Check it out this TING TINGS video.. Such a good song. Instant fun catchy tune. Love the songs where you know the words after listening to it once. They always have REALLY cool music videos.. GREAT DJ is the song.

The Ting Tings -Great DJ


And since we are talking about cool videos, peep this one from my favorito CONOR OBERST. Off his latest self titled album. Song is called SOULED OUT, blah blah, no need for me to get into anymore. You know how I feel. So cute.



Im SOOOO TIRED. Gnite.

BACK..

Im back home in NY and it feels good to be here. Had a great time last night and it was a perfect way to end the summer. Got pulled into the pool in my dress, took underwater pics, screamed at the top of our lungs to COLDPLAY remixed on hard core repeat and danced on every surface known to man. I had curly gross hair and a sweet cut on my foot to show for all the madness this am. Good times with a capitol G. Heres to being in your beach dress at 1130 pm.

I just realized that I never wore my brand spanking new white J Brands all summer long. Oh well. Labor day is here. Theyre dunzo.

D asked me if I wanted to go to the Open tonight and I declined. Im starting to think that I made a bit of a mistake. Oh well.

I love the sound of ice dropping from the ice maker in the freezer. It always scares me until I realize what it is and then I exhale a huge sigh of relief and thank the lord that its not a predator in my home.

Tomorrow life starts again. Hello angry drivers, impatient coffee drinkers and the sweet smell of pollution. Its September!